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Equality Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am glad to hear that because that was the amendment I was going to speak to. I should like to support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Carter. I realise that it is a probing amendment, but, given my long association with the mental health charity Rethink, of which I am a patron, I emphasise how important it is to these charities and the people who benefit from them or participate in them to have such assurances as the Government give. What the Minister says will be in Hansard tomorrow, but a fortnight or three weeks later it will be in the documents that are distributed by those organisations and it is always very much appreciated. I am sure that the result will be quite satisfactory, but I emphasise that such assurances are very much appreciated outside this House.